(From MC''s perspective)


    The udia Gym,


    "Phew," I sighed in relief after entering the mana chamber. I had never expected the front desk staff to recognise me at a single nce.


    The front desk staff is a new employee. But what I can see is that he is a good observant person. Fortunately, he didn''t ask any questions rted to the year-endpetition.


    Then retracting my thoughts, I activated the chamber. After a couple of seconds, the room started to fill in with highly condensed mana.


    A hint of expectation rose in my heart, so I booked this room for three hours of training. Then feeling the abundance of mana around me. I began to meditate.


    When I ran the gravity ark method, I felt much closer to the grey mana energy. Feeling that, I started to absorb the grey mana energies around me.


    The absorbed energies started to circte inside the body ording to the mediation method and finally, they settled inside my gravity core.


    Time passed in a blink of an eye,


    I opened my eyes three hourster. When I clenched my fists, a crackling sound could be heard. "This force," a quick glint shed in my eyes when I felt such beaming strength.


    Then I decided to check my status.


    "System, show my status panel," I said to the system.


    [Ding! The Host''smand is recognised.]


    [Ding! Level-Up System, 1.1 is ready.]


    [Status Panel]


    [Host''s Name – Vincent Carey]


    [Magic Power– Gravity]


    [Mage Level – Level 2 Limiter]


    >>6 months remain to level up


    [Mental Method- Gravity Ark (Running)]


    >>Grade- Earth


    >> Running Mode – Automatic


    >> Rate of absorption – 80%


    [Gravity Core status- lvl.2(14%)(Progressing)]


    >> 5.5%/ month


    >>Sacred Core – Gravity core


    [Mana Power -700]


    >> Mana Capacity - 700


    [Talent – Top Bottom (Upgradeable)]


    [Colour – Pale Orange]


    [Strength – 121]


    [Speed – 116]


    [Stamina – 134]


    [Vitality – 126]


    [Intelligence – lvl.2(24)]


    [Soul Power – lvl.2(22)]


    [Constitution – lvl.2(27)]


    >> Sacred Gravity Physique (2%)


    [Mental Power- lvl.2(28)]


    [Spells – 3]


    >> 1. Gravity Field 2. Gravity Push 3. Gravity Pull


    [Slots Filled- 3]


    [Title: Lord of the Gregor Mansion.]


    [Storage space items: The Gregor Mansion, Magic artifact, herbs, potions andspell books...etc.., ]


    A wide status panel appeared in front of my eyes. A small smile rose on my face when I saw my core improvement. I still feel surreal when I realize that I''m actually a level-2 wizard, not a level-1.


    If not for the status, I would have continued to think subconsciously as a level-1 wizard. There are also some benefits to acting in this way.


    I won''t slip up my details during conversations with friends. So this will help me to avoid any suspicion.


    But thanks to the existence of the system. So far, I didn''t face any troubles from other high-ranking wizards. I don''t know whether they probed me or not. But I feel the system has prevented anyone from prying on my details.


    Again I started to look into my statistics. I don''t know why? But I feel I''m not the only one who reached the level-2 rank in my ss.


    I have a vague feeling in my heart that the top 2 wizards in my ss are not simple. Even after reaching level 2 I still have this feeling of some kind of threat.<novelnext></novelnext>


    That''s why I didn''t use the system to probe Brent Dale and Danny Quinn''s status recently. I have an instinct they might find out my probing If I do that. So I avoided the curiosity of exploring their details.


    Anyway, my status is fine. I believe before joining the Academy. I will get some time. And I will use that opportunity to reach level 3 as soon as possible.


    Beep!


    I retracted my thoughts after hearing the timed-out signal. I stood up from the ground and walked out of the mana chamber. As my gaze fell on themunication watch, I realized it was midnight.


    A few minutester, I hopped inside the air car to get back home.


    Several hourster, I got back home.


    After entering the room, I immediately fell asleep.


    The following day,


    I woke up 5 hourster. Just two hours before school time. Afterpleting the morning routines, I took some time to check the inte.


    I tapped my finger on mymunication watch. Soon several pages popped up. All of them are local news sites. When I saw the headlines of the articles, I chuckled.


    As expected, the trending topic is all about the dark horse Eric Marsh and his ss of unique magic users. I have to say more than my elite ss, the poprity of the special ss was high.


    Even I saw some nasty discussion topics. Some online usersmented that unique users can defeat the elite ss.


    After going through some of thements, I don''t know whether tough or cry. I''m not even sure about facing the top 2 wizards.


    If not for my power of gravity pressure, I would be hesitant to face them.


    Today everyone will know the horror of the elite ss. Then retracting my thoughts, I began to go through other articles.


    Suddenly, I saw one article which immediately drew my attention.


    [What happened to Judy Owens?]


    When I saw the name, my eyes gleamed with a twinkle. Due to the recent poprity of Eric Marsh, I almost forgot about her.


    She was the reason why the special ss was formed in the first ce. After opening the article, I saw a lot of discussions below.


    "I see," I grumbled. So far, she hasn''t participated in any duels. Then what is she doing besides Eric Marsh? She has formed A rank division wizard. So her strength is not lowpared to Eric Marsh.


    "No!" I saw her name in the participant''s list. Then what is the problem? Suddenly, I realized something. It''s not that she is not doing anything, rather her name was not called out during the announcement.


    Is this some kind of strategy? Thinking about what happened at the previous star battle tform. I had ck lines on my forehead. I remember, Chairman Benjamin stopped the duel abruptly because of Judy Owens.


    The more I think about it, the more I get vexed.


    Anyway, it has nothing to do with me. They can do whatever they want but I''m going to get first ce.


    Then I started to get ready for school.


    A few hourster,


    "Damn," Looking at the traffic in front of my school. I couldn''t help but exim in surprise. I knew people were looking forward to A-rank division duels.


    But this sea of people is something else. The star battle area doesn''t have that many seats to amodate this much crowd. Who allowed this madness to happen?


    When I stood in surprise, I heard anothermotion. I saw the opposite of a school. Someone had set up a huge disy screen to stream the duels.


    I found the crowd was denser in that areapared to others. Seeing that, I revealed a bitter smile. It''s impossible to wait for fatty in this crowd. I feel it''s better to go inside the arena.


    After entering the school, I started to text fatty that I will see him after school.


    While walking, I absorbed the expressions of the people. I can see most of them here are mage families rted to the wizard students in our school.


    Two more hours left before the start of the official duel. While pondering, I walked past a silhouette. Suddenly, a quick glint shed in my eyes. "This person," I halted my footsteps and turned around.


    The person is none other than Judy Owens from the special ss. Seeing her, I furrowed my eyebrows. Yesterday, there was a lot of confusion. But seeing her today, I feel my assumption was right.


    Something is going on behind the scenes. Then turning around, I walk towards the participants'' area.


    As usual, I''m the first person to arrive in my ss. I nced around my surroundings, the participants were yet toe. But the arena was almost filled with people.


    Suddenly, I saw my face on the big screen. Seeing that, I didn''t show any expression and politely sat in my seat.


    Time passed,


    One by one, the participants started toe in. The d rank division, C rank division, B rank division and finally students from the A rank division arrived in time.


    But I saw there is still half a left before thepletion. Then I closed my eyes and waited patiently.


    Suddenly, I found a cold gaze on me. Feeling that, I knitted my eyebrows. I opened my eyes and saw Liam Baker''s disgusting face in front of me.


    "Ha...Ha..Ha..."


    "Vincent, your end day hase," Liam Baker said withughter.


    "Hmmm," I felt some odd vibe from him.


    Looking at his disgusting face, I didn''t reply rather I started to observe him.


    Usually, this guy won''t talk to me face to face. So what happened now? Where is his courageing from?


    A lot of doubts appeared in my heart.


    On the other hand, Liam Baker''s expression darkened after getting no reply from Vincent. He gave a cold snort before walking back to his seat.